Thu Feb 07, 2008 3:38 pm   Reply with quote         

Maybe another shuttle launch...

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html

Wait for it

Thu Feb 07, 2008 3:45 pm   Reply with quote         

We have liftoff!

Thu Feb 07, 2008 4:03 pm   Reply with quote         

We have blue skys here, but nothing to see... I was out with my camera, but nada I usually get a vapor trail or something...oh well, I am @ 200 miles away from the cape.

Thu Feb 07, 2008 4:43 pm   Reply with quote         

Paul Von Stetina wrote:

We have blue skys here, but nothing to see... I was out with my camera, but nodda I usually get a vapor trail or something...oh well, I am @ 200 miles away from the cape.

That'd be one helluva telephoto lens.

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Thu Feb 07, 2008 5:09 pm   Reply with quote         

Let me whip this out...

Thu Feb 07, 2008 5:56 pm   Reply with quote         

Paul Von Stetina wrote:

Let me whip this out...

"Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?

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Thu Feb 07, 2008 6:53 pm   Reply with quote         

Paul Von Stetina wrote:

Let me whip this out...

Had a 2000mm with a 2x and promised to give it to Occ, and then learned I'd sold it on E-bay to buy my first digital. I still feel bad about that. I mean....could this be why Occ aint around much anymore? Did I hurt his feelings with false promises. Any way ya figure it..nada is spelt nada.
So watched a launch all the way from the west coast here one year--that was cool stuff..amazed how clearly visible it was at this distance.

Thu Feb 07, 2008 6:54 pm   Reply with quote         

Thu Feb 07, 2008 7:14 pm   Reply with quote         

I'm less than 60 miles but we were overcast

I have seen some cool one's though, night launches are really cool!!

Thu Feb 07, 2008 8:50 pm   Reply with quote         

Thu Feb 07, 2008 9:56 pm   Reply with quote         

Thu Feb 07, 2008 9:58 pm   Reply with quote         

Did you see it today Joey? I had my 70-210 mm lens on but it didn't matter, if the weather is good, I can almost always see it from here, today it was a little hazy on the horizon, I really thought I would catch it, but nothing...I mean nada

Thu Feb 07, 2008 10:08 pm   Reply with quote         

anfa wrote:

BRING BACK THE BIG ROCKETS THAT CAN GO FURTHER OUTER SPACE!!!!!

ok so it's not a saturn 5 - but it's more rocket-shaped than a shuttle
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn13290-no-major-hurdles-to-upgrade-atlas-v-rockets-for-people.html (new scientist)

Thu Feb 07, 2008 10:13 pm   Reply with quote         

BTW that lens pictured is a Nikkor ED 1200MM, I bet it cost at least $50 bucks or so...

Thu Feb 07, 2008 10:18 pm   Reply with quote         

jkmansell wrote:

I'm less than 60 miles but we were overcast

I have seen some cool one's though, night launches are really cool!!

When Rocket science goes terribly wrong...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKVUHhHKe1c

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgedN0wu37U